Caught: Mexico suspects ex-drug czar took huge bribes from traffickers (office, charge)

[Mach50]

The war against the drug cartels is starting to reveal the big fish.
I really think once this is over and if the cartels and corruption are squashed, Mexico will flourish.

Mexico suspects ex-drug czar took huge bribes from traffickers

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities have detained the country's former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico's attorney general said Friday.


Noe Ramirez Mandujano was in charge from 2006 through August of fighting organized crime in Mexico.
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Noe Ramirez Mandujano was in charge from 2006 until this August of the attorney general's office that specializes in combatting organized crime.

Ramirez is accused of meeting with members of a drug cartel while he was in office and agreeing to provide information on investigations in exchange for the bribes, Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza said at a news conference Friday.

Mexico suspects ex-drug czar took huge bribes from traffickers - CNN.com

Acusan a ex zar antidrogas de recibir 450 mil dls del narco - El Universal - México

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Just 450,000 dollars a month? I would have made twice that amount before I begin to accept bribes.